TO HOLD. These words are now used in a deed to express by what tenure the
grantee is to have the land. The clause which commences with these words is
called the tenendum. Vide Habendum; Tenendum.
2. To hold, also means to decide, to adjudge, to decree; as, the court
in that case held that the husband was not liable for the contract of the
wife, made without his express or implied authority.
3. It also signifies to bind under a contract, as the obligor is held
and firmly bound. In the constitution of the United States, it is provided,
that no person held to service or labor in one state under the laws thereof,
escaping into another, shall, in consequence of any law or regulation
therein, be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up
on the claim of the party to whom such service or labor may be due. Art. 4,
sec. 3, Sec. 3; 2 Serg. & R. 306; 3 Id. 4; 5 Id. 52; 1 Wash. C. C. R. 500; 2
Pick. 11; 16 Pet. 539, 674.

Object Constant begins while the audience is settling into its seats: A blond man (Anton Skrzypiciel) holds forth from a ladder placed to one side of the audience, while a woman dips her head into a tank of water onstage, and another carries a potted plant back and forth.

1 -- 5 -- color) Clockwise from top, decorative street lighting and Victorian architecture in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter recall the turn of the 20th century; a pelican statue holds forth in front of the Westin hotel; sidewalk dining is commonplace in this district, enjoyed at Blue Point Coastal Cuisine by Patti Bartin, left, and Kate Magon; Eddie De Jesus rolls his own at the Gran Havana cigar factory; the Horton Grand Hotel is a stately presence at the south end of the quarter.

Its essence permeates the atmosphere where the former Royal Ballet character dancer-turned-teacher holds forth day after day--a feat he's been pulling off at his West Los Angeles studio on Pico Boulevard for the past twenty-five years.

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